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eliserobinson.bsky.social
Elise
@eliserobinson.bsky.social
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Queer neurodivergent Buddhist feminist leftist theatre mama professor. I work/teach in Women’s & Gender Studies. In my fuck-it fifties and no longer tolerating bullshit OR shenanigans. Humor + kindness are my aphrodisiacs of choice.
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Here is a poem for you by one of my favorite poets. Feels relevant right now.
the light that came to lucille clifton came in a shift of knowing when even her fondest sureties faded away. it was the summer she understood that she had not understood and was not mistress even of her own off eye, then the man escaped throwing away his tie and the children grew legs and started walking and she could see the peril of an unexamined life. she closed her eyes, afraid to look for her authenticity but the light insists on itself in the world; a voice from the nondead past started talking, she closed her ears and it spelled out in her hand “you might as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking.”
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Your poem for today. #allhallows #creepypoems
All Hallows by Louise Glück Even now this landscape is assembling. The hills darken. The oxen sleep in their blue yoke, the fields having been picked clean, the sheaves bound evenly and piled at the roadside among cinquefoil, as the toothed moon rises: This is the barrenness of harvest or pestilence. And the wife leaning out the window with her hand extended, as in payment, and the seeds distinct, gold, calling Come here Come here, little one And the soul creeps out of the tree.
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Wear an inflated frog costume to the No Kings rally & you will get:
1. High fives
2. Grins and shouts of “yeah, frog!”
3. Soooo many photos and selfies
3. Small children smiling and whispering “froggie”
4. Belly and head pats in appreciation

Whimsy+frogs+activism is my jam. 10/10 would recommend.
Smiling woman holding a small frog puppet and a “resist” sign on the left; on the right, me in an inflatable frog costume with a red, white, and blue sign that reads “Ribbit. Resist. Repeat.” across the top and “No Hope Without Hop” across the bottom, with a stylized frog in the background (similar to the Obama “Hope” signs. Woman wearing a pig hat and mask with a white shirt and rainbow skirt, holding an American flag, on the left; on the right, me in an inflatable frog costume with a red, white, and blue sign that reads “Ribbit. Resist. Repeat.” across the top and “No Hope Without Hop” across the bottom, with a stylized frog in the background (similar to the Obama “Hope” signs. Me with my back to the camera; on the blue scarf around my neck is a round black logo with a picture of the Portland frog in the middle, the words “Frogs Against Fascist Oppression” around the top and “AMPHIFA” around the bottom. Other protesters are in the background on the sidewalk. To the right, a laughing woman in a white t-shirt and jeans is holding a sign that reads “Football Fans Against Fascism” and a man dressed in blue smiles and holds a red rose.
October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The rest of the alt-text:
What amused the public most, however, and presumably roiled the National Socialist authorities most—although Dr. Goebbels does not mention it—is that they deftly, but unmistakably, caricatured some gestures, poses and physical characteristics of National Socialist leaders—sometimes with bon mots that made the rounds of the country. Dr. Goebbels says that the National Socialists proved during their struggle for power that they had a keen sense of humor that could kill opponents with ridicule. But as National Socialism proposes to remain in power 2,000 years it has neither the time no the patience to apply that method to the “miserable literati.” If the anti-German press of Paris, London and New York, Dr. Goebbels says, or the democratic governments in Western Europe, should now again complain about the lack of freedom of opinion in Germany it does not matter, “for after all during the last year the Fuehrer reconquered 10,000,000 Germans for the Reich.”
September 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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From 2/3/1939. Seems ... relevant. (Alt text got cut off; the remainder is in the next post.)
Goebbels ends Careers of Five ‘Aryan’ Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime BERLIN, Feb. 3—Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five “Aryan” actors and cabaret announcers by expelling them from the Reich’s Chamber of Culture on the grounds that “in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism and therewith caused grave annoyance in public and especially to party comrades.” The five include perhaps the best known German stage comedians who survived previous Chamber of Culture purges and still dared to indulge in political witticisms—namely, Werner Finck, Peter Sachse and “The Three Rulands,” represented by Helmuth Buth, Wilhelm Meissner and Manfred Diugi. Their expulsion means that they are henceforth forbidden to appear before the public in Germany. Besides motivating this action in an official communiqué, Dr. Goebbels also publishes a long article in the Voelkischer Beobachter in which he denounces them as “brazen, impertinent, arrogant and tactless” and generally imitators and successors to Jews. Simultaneously he denounces the “society rabble that followed them with thundering applause—parasitic scum, inhabiting our luxury streets, that seems to have only the task of proving with how little brains people can get along and even acquire money and prominence.” As regards the details of the “crimes” of which the five are accused, Dr. Goebbels mentions that they made political witticisms about the colonial problem, the Four-Year Plan and Chancellor Hitler’s monumental building program and one of them even raised the question of whether there was any humor left in Germany today.
September 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Here: have a picture of my derpy cat, Gilbert, lying on a “bed” of dog hair recently brushed off my Great Pyrenees. Well-known antidote to malaise of all kinds.
Black cat on a small pile of off-white fur on a green rug with brown and tan leaves.
August 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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This is my cat Jasper, investigating the skink hanging on our window screen. Unlike some people, Jasper did NOT authorize an illegal military strike in Iran. #JasperForPresident
Photo of a cat in a windowsill with a dining table in the foreground. The window looks out onto green trees and bushes. Just above the cat’s tilted head a small lizard clings to the window screen outside.
June 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Here’s a brief respite from *waves hands at everything*: a sweet little crochet Totoro on a swing that at got at PrideFest this weekend. He now swings from my rear view mirror and makes me happy when I’m driving.
Photograph from the driver’s seat of a small crocheted Totoro figure on a swing hanging from a rear view mirror, with a parking lot and trees out the windshield in the background. A small pot of crocheted yellow and white flowers sits on the dashboard below the Totoro figure.
June 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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It’s May Day! Unite, fight back, find joy!
A woodcut post from Just Seeds. A stylized row of skyscrapers across the upper 1/4 of the print, with the sun on the left and the moon on the right. In front of the buildings there is a joyful crowd of people represented as black silhouettes with visible rib cages and hearts, playing instruments and dancing. At the bottom of the print, in bright red, it says “MAY DAY.” Underneath the woodcut is a caption reading “May Day is International Workers’ Day, a time of celebration and opposition throughout the world, except in the United States where it began. May Day commemorates the May 1st, 1886 nationwide protest for the eight hour day, and the following “Haymarket Affair,” a pivotal event in the history of workers’ and anarchist movements in which four labor organizers were hanged by the state in Chicago. May Day is also the ancient celebration of Spring and rebirth—the traditional time for planting new seeds in old ground.”
May 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Official Easter post. Gets me every time.
A clumsily edited picture of two chocolate bunnies against a yellow background. The bunny on the left with a bite taken out of his rear says “My butt hurts!” and the bunny on the right with her ears bitten off says “What??”
April 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Timeline cleanse: my yellow peony bloomed for the first time today!! Isn’t she gorgeous?
Photograph of a yellow peony blossom surrounded by foliage. Bright yellow petals with marigold center.
April 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Happy Mar 10, y’all.
An image of a billboard with text underneath from users interacting. The billboard is a blue background with clouds, green pipes, bushes, and a small brick castle, a la Super Mario Brothers. A pixelated coordinating font says Have A Super Mar 10, as in March tenth. The abbreviation looks like the word Mario. Below this image, User 1 says: You can only reblog this today. User 2 says: I missed my chance last year. Not gonna let it happen again.
March 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Love love love this.
Instructions for Having a Soul Take it out in the rain sometimes. It has vast, invisible wings that gather dirt and need rinsing. When it tries to kill you that is because you've forgotten to let it look into someone's eyes for longer than a minute. It needs that the way a bee needs nectar in the early morning dew. Every so often, take it on a journey. Let it read long, hard books and let it stare into the depths of the sea. Yes, you can give it chips and whiskey But from time to time let it kneel in a place that is holy like the simple cathedral of the willows. All it wants is to live, to keep becoming. Nourish it, and it puts down roots, it opens. But starve it, and the mind, the flesh is empty; the world breaks down; symphonies go unwritten; the rockets fall; the children die in flames. Listen. It is not too late to wake it. Say the names of the wild, the forgotten things: bluebird, red wolf, robin; violet, child, clover. You cannot save the world but you can open the window for the trapped wren in the cellar. Read a book to a blind man, to your father. Tell a child you do believe her anger. Make your life the first life that you save.— Joseph Fasano
March 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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This is true all the time lately but I am particularly feeling it today what with that shameful meeting with Zelensky … and, like, all the other things. #MyTummyHurtsAmdImMadAtTheGovernment
On an olive green background, a lighter green cartoon of a rain frog squinting and saying “eeee” with the words “My tummy hurts and I’m mad at the government” printed in white text around them.
February 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Day 12. If you know me, you know that frogs are my deal. So for today’s (final) memepost, you get the ultimate ungovernable frogonaut. You can’t even tell him to wear a HELMET. He has TRANSCENDED. You know what to do. #BecomeUngovernable #BecomeFrogge
A drawing of a frog in an astronaut suit floating in front of a moon against a dark green background. The frog’s hands and head are exposed to the vacuum of space, yet they are unbothered. Their eyes contemplate the mysteries of existence and the absurdities of fascist maneuverings and they retain equanimity. They will not be restricted or cowed. They will delay, deny, and obstruct with joyful exuberance. They empower you to do the same.
February 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Day 11. I know some folks are not fond of raccoons, but I personally have always been a fan. Their cute little hands, their sly masks, but MOSTLY their absolute ungovernability. Raccoons DGAF about your rules and they are not shy about letting you know. Legends. #BecomeUngovernable
Photo of an extremely ungovernable-looking raccoon, baring their fangs at the camera in a very FAFO posture. The photo has a red border and a white surround, with the words “Become Ungovernable” in blue text on the white. Blue stars and red stripes remind us that becoming ungovernable is a goddamn patriotic act under the current circumstances.
February 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Day 10. Has the state of the world got you feeling crabby? This lil fiddler crab fren would like to remind you: Mess with Crabby, Get the Stabby! #BecomeUngovernable #FAFO
Photo of a small fiddler crab on a grey tile floor, holding a sharp knife with a sky blue handle in his bigger left claw. His expression is inscrutable, but his stance says it all: F-Elon and FOTUS need to Fuck. Off.
February 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Day 9. You know the saying “eat the rich?” Well, this muskrat sees your “eat the rich” and raises you EAT THE SYSTEM. #BecomeUngovernable #EatTheSystem
Photo of a wooden post with a “No Feeding” sign at the top. About halfway down, a public-minded muskrat is chomping the hell out of the post, shreds of wood littering the earth and grass below. The words “Become Ungovernable” are printed across the bottom of the photo.
February 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Day 8.You know what this moment requires? More goose-with-knife energy. Get after it. #BecomeUngovernable #BecomeGoose
Picture of a round sticker depicting a cartoon goose against a light blue background, thrusting its neck out in an aggressively anti-fascist pose, a butter knife in its beak because geese don’t need a sharp knife to fuck shit UP. A red circle with “Become Ungovernable“ in black print surrounds the goose.
February 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Day 7. This kitty knows: they’re not the boss of him. Guess what? They’re not the boss of you, either. #BecomeUngovernable
On a wide, shady field of green grass, a grey and black tabby cat reclines luxuriously, in fussed and unbothered by the “No Cats” sign posted directly in front of him. Some might think that’s because he can’t read; cat lovers know it’s because cats DGAF and have elevated becoming ungovernable to an absolute art form.
February 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Day 6. I don’t even know how this smol fren got UP there, but they have the correct attitude. #BecomeUngovernable
Photo of a pug clinging for dear life atop a metal sign reading “KEEP OFF.”
February 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Day 5. Be like this machete-wielding penguin. Cute, a little derpy, but definitely threatening. #BecomeUngovernable
Doctored photo of an emperor penguin waddling towards the camera with a machete in its left wing. The camera man is either a Trump supporter or a walrus. Possibly both. The word “BECOME” is printed off center and askew above the penguin; the word “UNGOVERNABLE” askew below his little antifa feets.
February 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Day 4. You can be ungovernable AND adorable. Just like Moo Deng. #BecomeUngovernable #MooDeng
Vaguely cartoony drawing of famously ungovernable baby Pygmy hippo Moo Deng, smiling and looking at the viewer like she’s about to fuck some shit up in a delightful manner. The word “Become” in all caps above her, the word “Ungovernable” in all caps below, on a white background.
February 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Day 3. Be like this good boi. #BecomeUngovernable
Photo of a beach with white sand, empty except for a sign on a post reading “No Dogs Beyond This Point” and an extremely good doggo sitting juuuuuuust on the other side of the sign, gazing out to sea and contemplating his next act of defiance.
February 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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More fuckery with the CDC—here’s what you’ll see if you go to the page on HIV treatment right now:
Screenshot of the “Treating HIV” page on the CDC.gov website. Large yellow banner at the top of the page reads “Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website as of 11:59PM ET, February 14, 2025. Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children, by promoting their chemical and surgical mutilation, and to women, by depriving them of their dignity, safety, well-being, and opportunities. This page does not reflect biological reality and therefore the Administration and this Department rejects it.”
February 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM